Open-Government Blog

“Og-blog” stands for “open-government blog” and that’s what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.

Monday, July 16, 2012

How Open Records Laws Might Have Stopped Sandusky Sooner at Penn State

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Read this and then tell me open records laws are "too much work" for government agencies and "too expensive."
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Asotin County Sued Over Public Records

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This KLEW-TV piece describes a suit by Rich Eggleston against Asotin County to obtain public records withheld from him for eight years. N...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Olympian Editorial on Sunshine Committee

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The Olympian hits the nail on the head in this editorial .
Monday, June 18, 2012

Museum Board's OPMA Issues

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This story from the Spokesman-Review discusses whether a decision was made in an executive session. NOTE: The article quotes Greg Overst...

McKenna and Inslee Vow Not to Claim Executive Privilege

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This piece from The Olympia describes some background on both gubernatorial candidate's records on open government and their pledge not...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

TNT Editorial on Access to Court Records

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The (Tacoma) News Tribune writes this editorial on the mixed results of a TNT reporter's request for court records from various courts.
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